Year: 2018

  • The Ojai Valley Green Coalition Presents: Workshop Series at the Ojai Community Demonstration Garden

    Water: Cycles, Consumption & Design Saturday January 5th, 10-3pm Take a walk with Dr. Andrea Neal, Bert Rapp and Connor Jones “from our faucets back to the watershed.”  A day dedicated to understanding water, hosted in the City of Ojai Community Demonstration Garden. We will have a  presentation in Help…

  • Thomas Fire 1st anniversary: Before and After photos

    This evening one year ago, my wife called me outside to see the full moon and the ominous orange glow on the eastern horizon. It was my first glimpse of the Thomas Fire and we evacuated the following day. At the time I was working as interim executive director for…

  • The Ojai Valley Green Coalition Presents: Workshop Series at the Ojai Community Demonstration Garden

    Catching Water w/Connor Jones Saturday and Sunday Dec 1 + 2, 10am- 3pm This permaculture water catchment workshop is a part of a series of waterwise design workshops at the Ojai Community Demonstration Garden. Workshops will be hosted first weekend of every month. Learn how to manage stormwater at the…

  • Board of Supervisor to Vote on Community Choice Renewable Energy Default Rate: Tuesday, October 16

    Clean Power Alliance vote:  Tuesday, October 16 @ 10am Where: County Government Center, Hall of Administration, Board of Supervisors Hearing Room 800 S. Victoria Avenue The Clean Power Alliance offers residents the choice of purchasing renewable energy at competitive costs to be distributed through the SCE grid. Communities that have…

  • September 25th Board of Supervisors Info and Dark Skies Fact Sheet

    Link here for draft Dark Sky zone overlay ordinance  Link here for Board of Supervisor schedule and agendas (final version of ordinance will be available here on September 20.) Link here for map of Ojai Valley unincorporated coverage area Link here to check out the County interactive Dark Skies Story Map…

  • EVOLUTION OF ORGANIC Screening at Ojai Film Festival: Sunday, Nov 11, 1pm

    In Collaboration with the Ojai Film Festival, the Ojai Green Coalition will be hosting a screening of the documentary film, Evolution of Organic at the Ojai Art Center.  A panel discussion with the director and local agricultural farmers and ag professionals will follow the screening, and a food and drink reception…

  • 2018 OJAI CREEK CLEAN-UP DAY, SAT, SEPT 15

    Remember that whatever makes it into our creeks will make it down to our ocean, so join the Ojai Valley Green Coalition and the Green Schools Student Collective for the upcoming annual Ojai Creek and Stewart Canyon Creek Clean-Up on Saturday, September 15th from 9am to noon.  CHECK IN IS…

  • Why Ojai is moving towards state water in April 2018

    The story of how Ojai turned from self-sustainability to state water in early 2018.

  • Ojai Demonstration Garden Permaculture Design Workshop June 9 and 10, 9 am to 5 pm

    A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY OF OJAI, THE OJAI VALLEY GREEN  COALITION, AND OJAI PERMACULTURE: Come join us for the first landscape design workshop for the revitalized Ojai Community Demonstration Garden! This will be the first in a series of collaborative educational workshops organized by the Ojai Valley Green Coalition…

  • Ojai Earth Day 2018 Speaking and Performance Schedule

    The Ojai Valley Green Coalition is pleased to present the speaker and performance schedule for our two areas (Main Stage and Creativity Corner) Ojai Earth Day 2018 in Libbey Park on Saturday, April 21st from 11 am to 5 pm. Read more about the speakers and performers here.